A pituitary disease is a disorder primarily affecting the pituitary gland. The main disorders involving the pituitary gland are ... Pituitary tumour, a tumor of the pituitary gland. Pituitary adenoma, a noncancerous tumor of the pituitary gland. Pituicytoma, ... Pituitary apoplexy, bleeding into or impaired blood supply of the pituitary gland. "Overview of the Pituitary Gland: Pituitary ... Thyroidisms caused by the pituitary gland are less common though, accounting for less than 10% of all hypothyroidism cases and ...

Greenwood FC, Landon J (May 1966). "Assessment of hypothalamic pituitary function in endocrine disease". J. Clin. Pathol. 19 (3 ... A combined rapid anterior pituitary evaluation panel or triple bolus test or a dynamic pituitary function test is a medical ... June 2007). "Apoplexy accompanying pituitary adenoma as a complication of preoperative anterior pituitary function tests". Acta ... Melmed, Shlomo (2002). The pituitary. Wiley-Blackwell. pp. 714-. ISBN 978-0-632-04357-6. Retrieved 15 July 2011. Harsoulis P, ...

"Primary Amenorrhea due to Pituitary Disease". Cancer Therapy Advisor. 2019-01-17. Retrieved 2022-02-21. Franik, Sebastian; ... Pituitary adenomas are a common cause of amenorrhea. Prolactin secreting pituitary adenomas cause amenorrhea due to the hyper- ... Other space occupying pituitary lesions can also cause amenorrhea due to the inhibition of dopamine, an inhibitor of prolactin ... Although multiple cysts on the ovary are characteristic of the syndrome, this has not been noted to be a cause of the disease. ...

Weitzner, M (1998). "Neuropsychiatry and pituitary disease: an overview". Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics. 67 (3): 125-32. doi ... Nearly 100 years ago, Harvey Cushing, the father of neurosurgery, noted that pituitary gland problems often cause mental health ... He wondered whether the depression and anxiety he observed in patients with pituitary disorders were caused by hormonal ... Sonino N; Fava, GA (1998). "Psychosomatic aspects of Cushing's disease". Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics. 67 (3): 140-6. doi: ...

Sometimes it is used to treat Cushing's syndrome due to pituitary adenoma or Simmond's disease It is also applied in ... Buchfelder, M; Schlaffer, S (2010). "Pituitary surgery for Cushing's disease" (PDF). Neuroendocrinology. 92 (Suppl 1): 102-6. ... In an open craniotomy, a cavity is opened within the skull to reach the pituitary gland. Once the cavity is open, the pituitary ... List of surgeries by type Jaffe, CA (2006). "Clinically non-functioning pituitary adenoma". Pituitary. 9 (4): 317-21. doi: ...

... (or Cushing disease) is a form of hyperpituitarism characterized by an abnormally high level of ... "Of old and new diseases: genetics of pituitary ACTH excess (Cushing) and deficiency". Clin. Genet. 72 (3): 175-82. doi:10.1111/ ... Pituitary disorders, All stub articles, Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic disease stubs). ... ACTH produced by the anterior pituitary. It is one of the causes of Cushing's syndrome. (However, Cushing's syndrome can be ...

Morbidity from the disease can occur due to pituitary tissue compression or replacement, and compression of structures that ... The severity of the disease is dependent upon the effect of ACTH release on the skin, pituitary hormone loss from mass ... However, does not commonly occur with pituitary diseases. In the rare case, ACTH-secreting tumors can become malignant. ... Techniques such as pituitary radiation therapy, ACTH assay, transsphenoidal pituitary surgery, higher resolution MRIs, and ...

"Hypothalamus-Pituitary-Adrenal Dysfunction in Cholestatic Liver Disease". Frontiers in Endocrinology. 9: 660. doi:10.3389/fendo ... Excess cortisol has been tied to non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), but in-vitro studies have found that an over ... a review of basic biology and their role in human diseases". Advances in Urology. 2012: 530121. doi:10.1155/2012/530121. PMC ...

Doctors attributed his growth to a pituitary gland disease. In 2018 he went to hospital due to kidney failure, by the time he ...

Hawkins, Desmond (March 1992). "The diagnosis of pituitary disease from human skeletal remains". International Journal of ...

Autoimmune hypophysitis Lymphocytic hypophysitis Pituitary disease Hypopituitarism "Autoimmune Hypophysitis Symptoms". Johns ... Hypophysitis refers to an inflammation of the pituitary gland. Hypophysitis is rare and not fully understood. There are four ... Caturegli P (June 2007). "Autoimmune hypophysitis: an underestimated disease in search of its autoantigen(s)". J. Clin. ... all which are found in the anterior pituitary. Polyuria is also a common symptom - which results in very dilute urine, as well ...

Pituitary Macroadenomas eMedicine Meyers CA (1998). "Neurobehavioral functioning of adults with pituitary disease". ... patients with pituitary disease were diagnosed and treated for depression and showed little response to the treatment for ... Forensic Neuropathology p. 137 By Jan E. Leestma Weitzner MA, Kanfer S, Booth-Jones M (2005). "Apathy and Pituitary Disease: It ... Graves' disease: an autoimmune disease where the thyroid is overactive, resulting in hyperthyroidism and thyrotoxicosis. ...

"Immunoendocrine communication via the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal axis in autoimmune diseases". Endocrine Reviews. 14 (5): ... Dysfunction of the immune system can cause autoimmune diseases, inflammatory diseases and cancer. Immunodeficiency occurs when ... Chronic granulomatous disease, where phagocytes have a reduced ability to destroy pathogens, is an example of an inherited, or ... With infectious disease remaining one of the leading causes of death in the human population, vaccination represents the most ...

... of complications stemming from pituitary disease. Sharing her frustration with the lack of awareness and knowledge of pituitary ... disorders, Reese said: When it happened, I thought, "It's such an odd thing to die from," because pituitary problems aren't ...

... therefore affects the functioning of the pituitary and the target organs controlled by the pituitary, ... Obesity and pituitary disease. Pituitary News, 17. Retrieved from http://www.pituitary.org.uk/content/view/166/122/ Archived ... Hypothalamic disease may cause insufficient or inhibited signalling to the pituitary leading to deficiencies of one or more of ... Sylvia L., A. (2004). Hypothalamic disease. In Editor-in-Chief: Luciano Martini (Ed.), Encyclopedia of endocrine diseases (pp. ...

These include endocrine causes such as pituitary and thyroid disease, and some medications. Such medications include: ... Other tests that may be considered include mammography, breast ultrasound, CT scan of the head to rule out a pituitary tumour, ... Dust ectasia, with nipple retraction Mastitis in breast Diagram showing ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) Paget's disease of the ... ISBN 978-0-7020-4967-5. (Articles with short description, Short description is different from Wikidata, Breast diseases, ...

Infiltrative disease or tumors affecting the hypothalamus and pituitary can result in HA. FHA accounts for around 10-15% of all ... The pituitary gland controls most other hormonal glands in the human body. Therefore, any pituitary malfunctioning affects ... The pituitary gland is controlled by the hypothalamus. In 10% of cases, alterations in the chemical signals from the ... In women with anovulation, it may be an alternative after 7-12 attempted cycles of pituitary feedback regimens (as evidenced by ...

113-. ISBN 978-0-12-804390-5. Geer EB (1 December 2016). The Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis in Health and Disease: ... Pituitary disorders-it's not the anterior pituitary (posters). Endocrine Society. pp. SAT-547-SAT-547. Archived from the ... Laws Jr ER, Pace L (11 November 2016). Cushing's Disease: An Often Misdiagnosed and Not So Rare Disorder. Elsevier Science. pp ... 170-. ISBN 978-3-319-45950-9. Cuevas-Ramos D, Lim DS, Fleseriu M (2016). "Update on medical treatment for Cushing's disease". ...

Geer EB (1 December 2016). The Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis in Health and Disease: Cushing's Syndrome and Beyond. ... Knuth UA, Hano R, Nieschlag E (November 1984). "Effect of flutamide or cyproterone acetate on pituitary and testicular hormones ... Contraindications of hydroxyprogesterone caproate include previous or current thrombosis or thromboembolic disease, known or ... fibrocystic breast disease, adenosis, and breast pain. In addition, hydroxyprogesterone caproate is used in the treatment of ...

... caused by a malfunction of the pituitary gland. Solomon Carter Fuller first names Alzheimer's disease. Hakaru Hashimoto first ... Karl F. Sundman solves the n-body problem for n=3. Harvey Cushing identifies Cushing's disease, ...

"Of old and new diseases: genetics of pituitary ACTH excess (Cushing) and deficiency". Clin. Genet. 72 (3): 175-82. doi:10.1111/ ... Pituitary disorders, All stub articles, Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic disease stubs). ... March 2001). "A pituitary cell-restricted T box factor, Tpit, activates POMC transcription in cooperation with Pitx ... It can be either isolated or part of a generalised pituitary dysfunction. It can be life-threatening if not recognised.[ ...

Endocrine (hypogonadism, pituitary disorders such as hyperprolactinaemia and Cushing's disease, thyroid disorders, etc.). ...

However, it was found that those rats with functioning pituitary glands exhibited maternal behavior within about 3-4 days. In ... challenges in disease detection and treatment". Endocrine Reviews. 26 (6): 775-799. doi:10.1210/er.2004-0025. ISSN 0163-769X. ... Lindsay, John R.; Nieman, Lynnette K. (2005-10-01). "The hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis in pregnancy: ... estradiol and progesterone which were implanted in nulliparous rats that either maintained the function of their pituitary ...

In 2009, she had a nearly fatal pituitary tumor, which resulted in Cushing's disease. She was treated at King's College ... started out as a science teacher and chose to take a different life path after her first experience of Cushing's Disease. She ...

... is also used to treat Cushing's disease (pituitary-dependent Cushing's syndrome) in dogs. The medication is used in ... Its main use is in those patients who have persistent disease despite surgical resection, those who are not surgical candidates ... or those who have metastatic disease. In a 2007 retrospective study of 177 patients from 1985 to 2005 showed a significant ...

Paget's disease and pituitary gland abnormalities. His name is associated with "Erdheim's syndrome", a condition that is also ... He is credited with the characterization (or partial characterization) of Erdheim-Chester disease and cystic medial necrosis. ... He used the term "nanosomia pituitaria" to describe pituitary dwarfism. Uber Hypophysenganggeschwülste und Hirncholesteatome, ... Erdheim disease: a synonym for cystic medial necrosis. Erdheim tumor: a synonym for craniopharyngioma. ...

ISBN 0-521-64404-6. which may also suggest Pituitary disease Look up galactorrhea in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. (Articles ... pituitary adenomas (with overproduction of prolactin or compression of the pituitary stalk), and hypothyroidism. Adenomas of ... Lactation failure Galactagogue Mammoplasia Hypothalamic-pituitary-prolactin axis Sakiyama, R.; Quan, M. (1983). "Galactorrhea ... the anterior pituitary are most often prolactinomas. Overproduction of prolactin leads to cessation of menstrual periods and ...

... deficiency due to pituitary disease results in hypogonadism, which can lead to infertility. Treatment includes ... Rothman MS, Wierman ME (2008). "Female hypogonadism: evaluation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-ovarian axis". Pituitary. 11 (2 ... LH and FSH are secreted by the anterior pituitary gland, while hCG and eCG are secreted by the placenta in pregnant humans and ... Stewart J, Li CH (August 1962). "On the use of -tropin or -trophin in connection with anterior pituitary hormones". Science. ...

For example, high prolactin levels could result from diseases affecting the hypothalamus and pituitary gland. Other organs, ... Drugs that block the effects of dopamine at the pituitary or deplete dopamine stores in the brain may cause the pituitary to ... division of the pituitary stalk or hypothalamic disease. Other causes include chronic kidney failure, hypothyroidism, ... it also gives an image of the pituitary, but is less sensitive than the MRI. In addition to assessing the size of the pituitary ...

This functionality fosters simulation of several functional diseases of the thyroid and the pituitary gland. Parameter sets may ... Hypothalamic-pituitary-thyroid axis Thyroid function tests Dietrich, JW; Landgrafe, G; Fotiadou, EH (2012). "TSH and ... Hoermann, R; Midgley, JE; Larisch, R; Dietrich, JW (February 2013). "Is pituitary TSH an adequate measure of thyroid hormone- ... SimThyr is a free continuous dynamic simulation program for the pituitary-thyroid feedback control system. The open-source ...